Li Guangbi led a large army to Qipan Pass. He set up a camp under the pass, but was not in a hurry to attack the pass, but asked the soldiers to search for the people around him.

In the afternoon, the soldiers found more than a dozen hiding villagers. There were many villages near Qipanguan. Because of the war, the villagers hid in the mountains.

Li Guangbi invited them into the tent. Seeing that the villagers were all trembling, Li Guangbi smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, I have no malice, I just ask you for some news."

Everyone's nervousness eased slightly, and an elderly villager asked, "What do you want to ask?"

"I want to know if there have been any troops transiting in the past month, not one or two thousand people, but tens of thousands of troops."

Everyone was silent, no one spoke, and Li Guangbi asked someone to bring more than a dozen chunks of money, "Just tell me, this money is yours!"

Everyone still didn't say anything. At this time, Li Guangbi found that one of the thin men stared at Qian, with a look of desire in his eyes. He whispered a few words to his subordinates without saying a word, and then asked everyone to go back.

Soon after, the soldier brought the thin man back. Li Guangbi smiled and said, "Tell me everything you know, and all the money is yours."

The thin man stared at him and swallowed, "Actually everyone knows it, but he is shocked by the power of King Qi, so everyone dare not say it."

Li Guangbi was shocked, "Have the King of Qi come?"

The thin man nodded, "I have seen it with my own eyes. King Qi summoned the elders of the countryside and asked everyone to keep the secret. He had a pretty good attitude. If it weren't for the fact that this ten-point currency would have cost me!"

Li Guangbi cursed in his heart and asked quickly: "When did it happen, how many troops are there?"

"In fact, there are two groups of troops. The first group was about 20,000 to 30,000 troops passing through the border twenty days ago. Many people didn't know it, but I saw it with my own eyes that their chief general seemed to be surnamed Bai, and I saw a white word on the banner."

Li Guangbi realized in his heart that the general should be Bai Xiaode.

"Then what?"

"Then about ten days ago, the King of Qi led a large army. There may be more than 100,000 people. The camels only took two days to finish the journey. They all carried a lot of food. I have never seen so many camels. It was so spectacular."

Li Guangbi understood everything. He had no intention of listening anymore. He waved his hand and asked the soldiers to take the thin man down and gave him the money.

At this time, the scouts came to report that they found countless camel dung and a large number of footprints on the mountain road from Xingzhou to the north, including at least tens of thousands of camels.

Some scouts asked about information from other villagers, and ten days ago, more than 100,000 troops did pass through the border.

All kinds of information gathered, and the situation has become clear.

Li Guangbi was pacing back and forth in the tent, feeling very upset. He had now confirmed that Li Ye's army had gone south first and then continued to attack Qipan Pass and became meaningless.

The current situation is very serious and he cannot solve it. He must report it to the emperor immediately.

Thinking of this, Li Guangbi immediately ordered: "Tell me my order and the entire army retreated to Nanzheng County!"

The 50,000 army that had just been camped for less than a day began to retreat. At this moment, Yu Chaoen brought a group of subordinates to come over.

When he heard that the army was retreating, he was shocked and immediately came to see Li Guangbi.

"Defendant Coach Li, why should he retreat?"

Li Guangbi sighed and said, "Yu Sima, Li Ye has led more than 100,000 troops into Bashu, let's take a step later!"

Yu Chaoen was stunned for a moment, "How did General Li know?"

"I've asked the people around me, and they've seen it with their own eyes."

"What if these unruly people are lying to us?"

Li Guangbi shook his head, "How can I deceive me about this? It's not just a person who said this. He has collected so much evidence, including the footprints and feces of tens of thousands of camels. Doesn't Yu Sima believe it?"

"Even if it is true, we can still enter Bashu!"

"How is that possible?"

Li Guangbi said angrily: "All the way, there are Qipan Pass, Feixian Pass, Miangu City, and Jianmen Pass, all of which are guarded by the Helong Army. Even if our 50,000 troops entered Bashu regardless of the cost, will we be able to defeat more than 100,000 troops led by Li Ye himself?"

Yu Chaoen also gritted his teeth with hatred and said, "Can you just forget it? We have no way to do anything when we watch Li Ye capture Bashu?"

Li Guangbi narrowed his eyes and said sternly: "Yu Sima, the current situation cannot be resolved by military personnel, nor can you and me decide. We must report to the emperor immediately and ask the emperor to summon the ministers to make a decision. If we still want to attack Bashu, we must redeploy and convene more troops. It is not only 50,000 people that can be taken down, but at least 200,000 troops can be fought against the Helong Army."

Yu Chaoen stared at Li Guangbi for a while and nodded, "Then I will return to Chang'an immediately, Deputy General Li will wait in Hanzhong to see what the emperor's attitude is. In addition, I must obtain conclusive evidence that Li Ye's army will go south, otherwise I will not be able to report to the emperor!"

Li Guangbi sneered: "If Eunuch Yu must be sure to confirm the evidence, I can seize Qipan Pass and arrest the Helong defenders to ask for confessions, but all the consequences caused by this will be borne by Eunuch Yu!"

At this moment, a soldier came to report, "Report to the Deputy Commander, a defender from Qipanguan is here, come and send a letter!"

Li Guangbi was stunned and immediately ordered: "Come here!"

After a moment, a soldier was brought, knelt down on one knee and bowed, took out a letter and presented it to Li Guangbi, "This is a letter left by our King of Qi. Please check it out!"

Li Guangbi took the letter, and it was indeed the letter left to him by King Li Ye of Qi. He opened the letter and read it again, and handed it to Yu Chaoen. "This is conclusive evidence. Li Ye's handwritten letter, responded to the emperor's edict, and led a hundred thousand troops to Bashu to capture the rebel Li Lin, and welcomed the coffin of the Supreme Emperor back!"

After reading the letter, Yu Chaoen said angrily: "We will go back to Chang'an now, let the emperor decide! Please please Deputy General Li must stay in Hanzhong."

Yu Chaoen hurried back to Chang'an, and Li Guangbi led an army of 50,000 to Nanzheng, stationed in Nanzheng and waited for the emperor's orders. Li Guangbi really sighed in his heart, what is the most important thing in soldiers, this is it. Li Ye's ability to seize strategic opportunities is far superior to the court and far superior to himself.

Li Ye did not use Li Guangbi's strategy to attack the border first and then attack Chengdu. That was because the court had too few troops, and Li Ye had a 100,000 army, so of course he had to attack Li Lin's nest directly.

After taking Mianzhou, Li Ye's army continued to move south and rushed into Hanzhou. Three days later, the army arrived in Luo County.

At this time, Li Ye received the news that Li Lin personally led an army of 80,000 from Chengdu, only more than 100 miles away from Luo County.

This information was a bit beyond Li Ye's expectations. Unexpectedly, Li Lin dared to take the initiative, nor did he expect that Li Lin would gather an army of 80,000.

Did he even count the newly recruited army?

But not underestimating the enemy was a habit that Li Ye developed. Especially this time, the 100,000 troops he led the southern expedition were mainly new recruits and his combat effectiveness was not strong. Instead, Li Lin had an experienced old army.

Li Ye did not dare to be careless at all, so he immediately made careful arrangements and divided his troops into three groups to fight against Li Lin's army.
Chapter completed!